Ultimate Spelling EDU is the world's most advanced spelling learning system for schools. With Ultimate Spelling, you have your spelling teaching requirements completely under control.

Based on proven science, Ultimate Spelling EDU contains all the features of Ultimate Spelling plus:

Easy Administration - so you can quickly give all the students an account.

Powerful Reporting - so you can see exactly how each student is improving, how much time they are spending on the tasks, and exactly what they are doing.

Class Spelling Lists - create shared spelling lists for the class and get students working on them individually.

Student Self-Customization - so individual students don't need to waste time on words they already know.

Works With Your School Setup - Ultimate Spelling EDU works seamlessly with educational computer networks, in labs, one-to-one, or bring your own device.

It's absolutely essential your students graduate with their spelling educational requirements met. With Ultimate Spelling EDU these spelling requirements are more than met. Students also improve academic performance, are prepared for standardized tests, and improve their confidence.

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The Science

Ultimate Spelling is scientifically designed, and utilizes principles based on decades of research in learning, retention, and psychology. Here is a summary of the theory and research behind Ultimate Spelling's effectiveness.

In this seminal study performed at the University of Toronto, Canada, the authors performed a series of tests in which they gave the study participants a sequence of words to learn, with information related to each word as it appeared in order. They discovered that when the information provided stimulated the participant's brain to process the word on a more involved level (referred to as "deep encoding" or "degree of elaboration" in the study), that word was more effectively learned and remembered. With Ultimate Spelling, the user is given a wide range of additional information about each spelling word, including the word's definition - one of the key factors in enhanced memory, according to this study - as well as usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

Students who are eager to learn are more likely to remember what they have learned, something that the authors of this study demonstrate. They used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to show real-time connections between a person's curiosity about a specific topic, and the production of dopamine, the neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and the brain's reward system. The authors also concluded that a higher level of interest and curiosity in a topic or question leads to better memory and enhanced learning. Including exercises that stimulate curiosity, and providing reward mechanisms as part of the study process, also increases a person's ability to absorb and retain information, as the researchers found. Ultimate Spelling has a text import feature that allows each user to include and incorporate practice material that matches their interests, while learning the spelling of words in those texts. The system also uses several different reward systems to encourage users to continue working towards their defined goals.

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Each person is influenced by a unique set of factors related to their own status and progress towards goals, but is also affected to a greater or lesser degree by the achievements and perceived standards of the people around them. This analysis of past and current studies looks at the way people view and are motivated by individual goals as well as societal achievement (competition). The authors conclude that effective use of motivational strategies must take both into account. This is something that Ultimate Spelling accomplishes by providing each user with the ability to set personal goals, earn reward points, and view their own progress tracking reports, and also to publish all of those results on public social media platforms.

In a study focusing on the influence of reward-scheme programs on behavior, the authors found that when people see visible progress towards their goals they are more likely to increase the activity required to reach those goals. The study also confirms that most people are also motivated by receiving rewards for completing specific activities, even if those rewards are not immediately transferable to actual material or monetary benefits. Status points, rewards, and real-time progress tracking are all methods used in Ultimate Spelling to encourage frequent spelling practice by awarding points for the completion of exercises and activities. Because the user can access their progress charts at any time, they will always be able to see how close they are to achieving their personal spelling goals.

Instrumental learning, also called "operant conditioning," is a method by which behaviors are learned in connection with a stimulus, a reward, or both. In this research done at the University of Vermont, the authors studied the ways in which the information connected to a specific behavior is retained when the stimulus is removed, and how subsequent repetition or reward reinforces information recall and a resumption of previously learned behaviors. They conclude that there are two primary methods of reinforcing active memory and behavior: by creating a different way to test the subject's memory, and by providing the opportunity for intensive focused repetition of that stimulus-behavior response. These two methods are widely used in the Ultimate Spelling activities and games to create the link between instruction and memory that is so crucial in effective spelling learning on the student's part.

In this study comparing long-term and short-term memory, the study authors tested the neural activity of participants as they memorized a set of images. Half of the study participants used massed learning techniques, in which each new image was presented multiple times in a row; the other half were given the images in a spaced repetition mode, where the images were shown in alternating order. Although each participant saw each image the same number of times, the people in the spaced-repetition exercise were able to accurately remember more images, and for a longer period of time. Repetition is a key technique in learning spelling, and Ultimate Spelling incorporates spaced repetition in two ways. First, the system uses randomized selection of spelling words from the user's current list to populate the activities and exercises, ensuring an interval between word reviews. Second, the system's Word Discover feature provides pop-up instant review of the words on that list, again in random order. By providing users with multiple opportunities throughout the day to read and review their words, Ultimate Spelling provides all of the benefits of the spaced repetition methodology in its spelling instruction.

Spaced repetition is a memory training tool that relies on frequent and consistent review of information; mnemonics is a memory technique that involves multiple ways of looking at that information, such as the incorporation of images or story lines. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University focused on the combination of spaced repetition and mnemonics in evaluating how best to train people to remember specific pieces of information: computer passwords. They found that by combining the two methodologies, the results in both ease of learning and retention were increased. Ultimate Spelling uses each method separately and together to help users learn and remember new spelling words by using the same words in multiple exercises, presenting spelling words in a variety of formats, and encouraging users to add information related to each word to make a personal connection that helps them to remember that word and its correct spelling.

We hope you’re aren’t sick of learning how to spell difficult words! Whether you’re a conscientious student, a dedicated career professional, or just someone who wants their communication to be as carefully crafted as possible, keep in mind that the best way to make a good impression when you’re writing to someone is to spell all the words correctly. Doctors and other medical professionals might have a reputation for having hard-to-read handwriting, but once you decipher their scrawls, you’ll find important and accurately-spelled terminology on their records and prescriptions. The field of medicine is full of difficult words, and learning some of the letter patterns in these words will help you be a better speller in any field. Open up your mind and say “Aaaaah – a new set of words to practice!”

Double Letter Disease

In some cases, it’s easy to remember when a letter is doubled in a word, because the pronunciation of the word changes. For example, the word vaccine is pronounced vak-SEEN; you can think of the first ‘c’ as possessing the ‘k’ sound and the second ‘c’ as possessing the ‘s’ sound, and you’ll need both of them to spell the word correctly. On the other hand, there’s no easy way to know that the ‘s’ sound at the end of abscess involves not one ‘s’ but two. For words like these, you need to practice and memorize the spelling. Learn more about double-letter difficulties here.

abscess

hemorrhage

vaccine

Silent Letter Syndrome

As we’ve mentioned before, one of the hardest things to do is figure out the “silent letter” aspect that makes the connection between English spelling and English pronunciation so difficult some times. In these three words, the ‘ph’ sound is pronounced ‘f’ (which in a way makes both the ‘p’ and the ‘h’ silent letters!) and in the first two words, the ‘g’ is silent, with both diaphragm and phlegm ending in a simple ‘m’ sound.

diaphragm

phlegm

lymphatic

Consonant Condition

While several Eastern European languages are more notorious for their difficult consonant clusters, it’s not unknown for English words to have combinations of three or even four consonants in a row. However, in the the second and third words below, the consonant ‘y’ is technically acting as a vowel.

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